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The roots of Agathodaimon are originated in Romania, and go back to half of the nineties. In the earliest years, this band performed a dark and slightly gothified form of Black Metal (Blacken The Angel …, Higher Art Of Rebellion), but they went into a catchier Dark Metal approach as from the beginning of this century. This evolution not quite continues with the newest full length, In Darkness, because this currently-in-Germany-residing act reinvents the most obscured elements from Old again.

In 2004, the band formerly known as Deception [which was founded back in 1995, and in 2004 was composed of singer Hagen Hirschmann (also know from Desilence, Logar's Diary, Dawn and 7 Seals), guitarist Nikolai Wurk, bassist Peter Habura (see also Necros Christos), and drummer Randy Black (see also Primal Fear, Annihilator, Rebellion, Rooky)] changed its nam

Originally known as James Cleaver Quintet (in spite of originally only sporting 4 members), this Experimental Hardcore/ Metal act from the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex (South-East of England) was founded in 2006, but it wasn't until January 2010 that the band (then comprised of singer Jack Swagger, guitarist Maud E Licious, bassist Jimmy Diego and drummer Mackerel Skarrington – those being stage names, of course) released its debut EP Ten Stages Of A Make Up through the ond

Skeletal Spectre from Sweden were formed about five years ago by someone called Behold The Pentagram. After the band signed to Razorback Recordings, the act released the fabulous debut album Tomb Coven. The album was followed by Occult Spawned Premonitions, also done via Razorback as well as Selfmadegod Records.

Founded in Haugesund (and currently residing in Oslo), during June 2001, Arabrot became an instant outsider in the Metal scene of their home country Norway, seeing as their Noise Rock (according to the band, mainly inspired by the likes of Melvins, The Birthday Party, and Swans) differed somewhat from the Black Metal which dominated back then!

GrandExit has a new record and that is something to be overjoyed with. The new one is entitled The Dead Justifies The Means and is full of memorable guitar parts and an impressive song structure. The band, previously known as Vicious, pounds through the album and quickly tries to settle in your ears. This is the first impression you get when starting to listen to the record.

There are little rules in hardcore, but the only thing that applies for all hardcore bands, is the fact that the music is always straight-forward. The Canadian Counterparts is an exception to that rule.
The Difference Between Hell And Home is their third album and their second for Victory Records. Counterparts stands for melodic hardcore with once in a while a slight reference to the progressive genre as used by bands like Misery Signals.

Melodic death metal / metalcore band Six Reasons to Kill, based in Germany recently released their fifth album “We are Ghosts”.

It is obvious that the band put a lot of time in constructing their songs and building this album. It contains an excellent arrangement of blast beats, breakdowns, tempo variations, melodic parts, lyrical elements and powerful riffs taking their hybrid of aggressive metal and modern hardcore to a higher level.

Hey Kid (what a stupid name) is a fairly good debut album where grunge-, classic-, alt-, punk- and stonerish rock passages flow into each other, effortlessly it seems. Of the more heavier tunes, “A wrapped solution” definitely sticks out, with some guitar solos and some harmonic drum tapping. The vocals could have been better, but they should not scare anyone away. The 9 rather short (2-5min) tracks stretch unimpressive musical ideas far too thin, and the instrumental sections never build into anything really exciting.

Xavier Rudd might sound familiar to your ears. He's a multitalented Australian singer-songwriter and a strong environmental activist. As a direct consequence, the songs he produces are mostly society bound. He uses his music as a tool to stand up for the Aboriginees he cares so much about and to prevail our vulnerable Mother Earth. Also on his latest piece of music, which goes by the name of Spirit Bird, these elements are clearly present and thoroughly worked out.